Maps showing the 73 marine and coastal/terrestrial IBAs published by BirdWatch Ireland. Text reads: New assessment. Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for seabirds across Ireland. 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas to inform seabird conservation Consultations, experts, colony data, tracking data, at-sea survery data Asks of Irish Government

@birdwatchireland.bsky.social, with support from @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social , @birdlifeeurope.bsky.social and collaborators, have published 73 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas for Seabirds.

Learn more➡️ www.seabirdtracking.org/birdwatch-ir...

With massive thanks to all involved!

Collecting bioacoustics data but terrified of the time required to train auto-ID models? A solution from @mattweldy.bsky.social out today in @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social in the form of transfer learning which minimizes the need for training data. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Bubble-trail encounters from #krill #fishing vessels show that #Antarctic Voluntary Restriction Zones for the #krillfishing industry has displaced fishing into areas where the penguin encounter rate is higher/the same #CCAMLR

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Significant decline among seals on Scotland's west coast The population fell by 20% over five years, in a region considered a stronghold for the marine mammal.

Harbour seal population on the west coast of Scotland was thought to have been stable, but fell by 20% between 2018 and 2023 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Our Changing World: Getting ready for H5N1 bird flu New Zealand is one the last places in the world where H5N1 has not yet been detected.

Some news from New Zealand!
Is bird flu at the doorstep?

Great monitoring effort trying to spot and capture a handful of black-iris individuals among hundreds of birds, a very interesting proposal from @birdsnewzealand.bsky.social, v happy to have been involved in the last trip of the season. 👁️🐧